Beulah
/ˈbjuːlə/noun
A biblical name meaning “married,” also used in Christian poetry for an idyllic land near heaven.
Did you know?In Isaiah 62:4, Beulah is a symbolic name for restored Jerusalem, portrayed as a bride no longer abandoned by her divine husband.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*baʿal
“Lord, master, owner, or husband”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
בְּעוּלָה (bəʿūlāh)
“Married woman; one who has a husband”
7th Century BCE
Hebrew
בְּעוּלָה
“A symbolic title for restored Jerusalem in Isaiah 62:4”
4th–2nd Century BCE
Greek
βεβλημένη? / Beoulá
“Greek biblical renderings transmitted the Isaiah passage, though forms vary across textual traditions”
1611
English
Beulah
“A biblical proper name appearing in the King James Bible”
1678
English
Beulah Land
“An idyllic spiritual region in John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, near the Celestial City”
Modern English
English
Beulah
“A feminine given name and a poetic term for heavenly or idyllic refuge”